The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Cheylesmore inn, 60 Greyfriars Lane

Alternative Addresses:	Warwick Lane
These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1756		Bluebell
	1756	1890	Bell
	1890	1939	Cheylesmore inn
The name comes from the local district of Cheylesmore. It was previously known as the Bell, although the two names appear to have overlapped between 1890 and 1911. In 1896 this pub was leased by Phillips & Marriott for the lifetime of Mrs. Sarah Harris, and in 1914 it was purchased by them for the sum of £2,000. In 1935 it was advertising Bass on draught and in bottles. The pub closed its doors for the final time on Tuesday 5th October 1937 in order that it could be demolished for Warwick Lane street improvements. Soon after this the new Cheylesmore Inn opened on Daventry Road and the licence for the old Greyfriars Lane premises was transferred to the newly built Aldermoor Hotel. The photo on the left shows The Bell (right) opposite Ford's Hospital in Greyfriars Lane some time in the late 1800s.
LICENSEES: 1890 - 1897 George Barnett 1897 - 1898 Tom Shilton 1898 - 1905 Jonathan Roberts 1905 - 1906 Walter Ebourne 1907 - 1909 George Knight Driver 1909 Charles Taylor 1910 - 1922 Joseph Smith 1924 - 1934 A. G. Maisey 1935 - 1936 Patrick Joseph McGreal 1936 Arthur Edward Haynes (see also Woolpack, Spon Street)
OWNERS: 1896 - 1924 Phillips & Marriott from 1924 Bass
Street plan of 1893